- Date
- November 28, 1978
- Place
- Hartford, CT · HARTFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8999AAerostar 601P
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781128044589A
- Case key
- 138095
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4365 78/11/28 HARTFORD,CT AEROSTAR 601P CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0903 N8999A PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 25, 3234 TOTAL HOURS, 170 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTFORD,CT NEWBURGH,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: EXTERNAL SUPERCHARGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC MISC- UNDETERMINED LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LEFT ENG OVER TEMP PISTON,R ERRAIC TURBO GATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8999A
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hartford
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.